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The symbol for an atom of strontium is 90₃₈Sr. What is the neutron number of the atom?
The symbol for an atom of strontium is 90₃₈Sr. What is the neutron number of the atom?
52
62
72
None of these
Explanation
Neutron number =
Mass number - Atomic number
= 90 - 38 =
52
.
Strontium's atomic number
(38) represents
protons, and the difference gives neutrons.